DougS

Pastner hired Mr. Lawson as a coach at U of M. That's why KJ and Dedric are there.

Harding Academy

Dont forget Skal's transfer to Lausanne from ECS. He was hurt his Junior year and did not play a single minute. However, he did practice 1 day in the spring of his junior year and TSSAA would not allow him to play as a senior at Lausanne.

if Jackson would / could support a large private school, then why are they not already be doing so? USJ, JCS, TCA, Sacred Heart are all great schools. Why are they still "small" based on enrollment? I do not see Ensworth ever "dropping" down to play in A until they stop dominating AA football. They have played in the last 5 State Championship games, winning 4 of the 5.

good points I agree. Why would the complete split mean USJ will have to play up to DII-AA? TCA and JCS would be added to the current DII-A West. If USJ played up, they would make the throw off the apple cart by being the 5th team in the MUS / CBHS / Briarcrest, St Benedict for Boys and St Agnes, Hutchison, Briarcrest, SBA for girls. where now all 4 respective teams go straight to State playoffs each year.

Webb actually plays in DII-A not the larger AA and St Mary's is in Memphis. If USJ went to AA, they would play the Memphis schools of St Benedict, Briarcrest, MUS, CBHS, St. Agnes and Hutchison and then eventually Brentwood Academy and Ensworth. Trader, I think this is the first time I have disagreed with you. If the president/head master/principle of a private school could have 2000 students, they would enroll them and play in the highest classification allowed by the school's financial aide guidelines.

think he will still be a great basketball coach. i pray this 12 minute stretch of basketball does not redefine him... and he does know a thing or 2 about playing basketball and scoring... considering his banner hangs from the rafters at Allen Arena and he has scored more points than any player in any level of NCAA basketball... a week later and it is still unbelievable.... I watched it again the other day and knowing how the game turns out, was still "sick" on how the game was going in the first 20 minutes of the game....

only in the NBA.... and occasionally in College... Harding only lead the game for a combined total of 57 seconds, and NONE in regulation and the most important last 40 seconds of OT.

i was in the locker room at half time. to a man, the coaches and the players all said they were not giving up, even the DNPCD squad, who wanted to win more than play and were some of the loudest cheering.

yes, i was there. I say this with the gut-wrenching, kick in the "stomach" feeling that I had as my daughter lost her last game to Webb in Sub State, I am prayerfully sorry for the FRA players and fans that it happened the way it did. was keeping the scorebook. It was a VERY VERY long first half.... Big man from FRA is the real deal. Great feet and soft hands. Unstoppable. Had 19 at the half (pretty sure he was 9-9, 1FT) and finished 15-16 fg and 3 FT. down 21 at half. 44-23. FRA comes out and pushed it to 31 with about 5 minutes left in 3rd... not sure if running clock in State Finals but it was about to be. young man knocks down a 3; on next play we draw a charge; next play another young man knocks down a 3; we get a stop; next play old fashion 3pt play. that started the 20-3 run to end of 3 quarters score was 65-51. with about 4 minutes left in regulation, FRA 75 - Harding 68. and the final 15-2 run tied it at 77. Harding outscored FRA 54 - 33 in 2nd half... 28-21 in 3rd and 26-12 in 4th. Harding only led in the game for 53 total seconds; NONE in regulation. but lead for the most important last 40 seconds of Overtime. No one in Allen Arena knew what just happened. Not any of the coaches that I talked to that were there; the TSSAA people; the announcer, official scorekeeper, the security guards; the TV people; the radio people; the Lipscomb basketball players that were in the gym watching; the Lipscomb baseball players who had just wont their game and were coming back into the Arena and heard the noise and stopped and watched the last 3 minutes of regulation and overtime in the baseball uniforms; the 200-250 Harding fans and again most regrettably the FRA fans and players

Coach Mrs. Starks won state at Harding Academy in 2010.

+1000

West Carroll at Gibson County Bradford at Huntingdon Gleason at Trenton Peabody Greenfield at Dresden Quaterfinals Gibson County over West Carroll Huntingdon over Bradford Trenton Peabody over Gleason Dresden over Greenfield Semifinals Gibson County over Huntingdon Dresden over Gleason Championship Gibson County over Dresden

game was crazy on the radio... i am sure it was electric in the gym...

The Shelby County School district has zoned attendance areas for each school. It is also open enrollment, meaning that a student can apply to another school and probably will be accepted if the school is not at 85% (i think that is what it was a few years ago) of full capacity, but official school bus transportation will not be provided. the reason for open enrollment has to due with size of student population as well as location of school buildings. SCS is #1 in the state as far as number of students and in the top 10 nationally. Some schools would have double digit enrollment if it was not Open due to families leaving school's zoned neighborhoods. There are more students enrolled in a single high school than some small town / county's entire school district. The same playing restrictions apply to Open schools. Player has to sit out a year from last play / practice date and the previous school's coach / AD has to sign a release form that has to be turned into tssaa. two very, very high profile players from Memphis could not play their senior year because of this.